Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 8:25
Keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him; make good the other branch of thy promise, and do not lose the glory of thy faithfulness, which now thou hast got.
Keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him; make good the other branch of thy promise, and do not lose the glory of thy faithfulness, which now thou hast got.
Solomon’s prayer is, perhaps, generally for the fulfillment of all the promises made to David in connection with the building of the temple. But there seems to be special allusion in this verse to the...
CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_ 2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3) 3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10) 4. Solomon's o...
SOLOMON'S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, PRAYER AND ADDRESS. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary of I...
SO THAT. provided that, AS. according as....
_so that thy children take heed_ In modern English -so that" = -if only," -provided that," is not common, but was so when the A.V. was made. Cf. Shakespeare, _All's Well_, ii. 4. 20, "_So that_you had...
C. THE DEDICATORY PRAYER 8:22-53 The dedicatory prayer of Solomon is one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible. No doubt the author of Kings copied this composition from the _book of the acts of...
_AND HE SAID, LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS NO GOD LIKE THEE, IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR ON EARTH BENEATH, WHO KEEPEST COVENANT AND MERCY WITH THY SERVANTS THAT WALK BEFORE THEE WITH ALL THEIR HEART:_ No JFB...
SO THAT] i.e. provided that (as in 1 Kings 6:12)....
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. SOLOMON'S PRAYER 1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. OUT OF THE CITY] The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing floor (2 Chroni...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in *Israel together. The...
(23-53) The prayer of Solomon, uttered (see 1 Kings 8:54) on his knees with hands uplifted to heaven, long and detailed as it is, is yet of extreme simplicity of idea. It begins (_a_), in 1 Kings 8:23...
THEREFORE NOW. — The larger and grander part of the promise to David extends beyond Solomon’s quotation of it. For (see 2 Samuel 7:12; Psalms 89:28) it expressly declares that, even if the seed of Dav...
וְ עַתָּ֞ה יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁ֠מֹר...
THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1 "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." - 1 Samuel 15:22 BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary to emphasize...
THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12 "The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
GOD GREATER THAN ANY TEMPLE 1 Kings 8:22 Solomon's different attitudes are specially mentioned. First he stood with hands outspread, 1 Kings 8:22; then, as indicated by 1 Kings 8:54, he came to his k...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
_Sight. Solomon was aware of the conditions on which he held his crown and the divine favour, so that his fall is the more inexcusable. (Haydock) --- His posterity lost a great part of the kingdom, th...
(23) And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: (24)...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
THEREFORE NOW, LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, KEEP WITH THY SERVANT DAVID MY FATHER THAT THOU PROMISEDST HIM,.... That as he had fulfilled one part of his promise respecting himself, his immediate successor, so...
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy child...
_Therefore now keep_, &c. Make good the other branch of thy promise. He considered God's fulfilling the foregoing part of his promise, as an earnest that he would accomplish the other part also, made...
1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple. 12 and 54 Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David, my father, also in the future, THAT THOU PROMISEDST HIM, SAYING, THERE SHALL NOT FAIL THEE A MAN IN MY SIGHT TO SIT ON THE THRONE OF ISR...
Solomon's Invocation...
THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE (vs.1-13) The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon assembled the elders of Is...
THERE SHALL NOT FAIL THEE A MAN IN MY SIGHT: _ Heb._ there shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight SO THAT: _ Heb._ only if...
22-53 In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and fa...
1 Kings 8:25 LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 keep H8104 (H8798) promised H1696 (H8765) servant H5650 David...
SOLOMON'S PRAYER OF DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 8:22). Having, as he hoped, reconciled the people to having the Temple in Jerusalem as their Central Sanctuary, Solomon now reminded God of His co...
“ Now therefore, O YHWH, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, “There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if on...
CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's sermon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless God has been in the work,...
1 Kings 8:1. _Solomon assembled the elders,_ after twenty years' labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
_Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord._ THE DEDICATORY PRAYER Now we approach the great prayer by which the temple was dedicated. The house itself was nothing. It was but a gilded sepulchre, a...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:22 The ark of the covenant has arrived in the temple (vv. 1 Kings 8:1), and Solomon has addressed the people about the meaning of the event (vv....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:28. PRAYER, SUPPLICATION, AND CRY—תְּפִלָּה, מְּחִנּה רנּה are respectively _prayer in general_ (whether praise, petition, or thanks), _entreaty_ or supplic...
EXPOSITION THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.—The stately and impressive service with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now been described, was dedicated, is related in this chapt...
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
1 Chronicles 17:23; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 9:4;...
Keep — Make good the other branch of thy promise....